Nice Girls Talk

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend. Wait, let me rephrase that: this weekend is when someone decided that it would be more convenient to celebrate Memorial Day, and give everyone a three-day holiday. Memorial Day is actually May 30th. All federal offices will be closed. There will be no mail delivered, no banks open, and flags will be flown at …

This week has finally come–the week where all of our shows are either doomed to the status of past favorite, kept on the shelf as a must see or we slowly fine that new show that will be the next big thing. Of course, just as the networks have been preparing for the presentations, fans have been rallying support in …

OK, confession time: sometimes I wish I were Amish. No TV. No phone. No electricity. Then I imagine life without the Internet and my ‘fridge, and I snap out of it. Still, there are times when I just want to unplug. A sunny afternoon spent in the hammock with a good book and a glass of iced tea…ah, bliss! The …

These next few weeks mark the beginning of graduation season. Have you found yourself wondering where the time has gone? Parents are amazed at how fast their children have grown. Kids are excited at the thought of the next phase of their lives. Some are a bit intimidated by the future. Maybe, with all these thoughts swimming around in your …

WARNING: Minor spoilers for True Blood/the Southern Vampire series, Dollhouse, Lie to Me, and Law & Order: SVU ahead, plus vague descriptions of graphic violence. Last week saw the release of Dead and Gone, the highly-anticipated next novel in Charlaine Harris’s Southern Vampire series, on which HBO’s True Blood is based. My bookstore received a couple of advance copies, so …

The first show I really enjoyed using the web was The OC, and I still have a special place in my heart for it. The people I know who love the show still find time to talk to me about the show and keep me grounded to the memories. One of those friends was here in LA this weekend, and …

On Saturday afternoon, one of my friends and I made a sojourn to Santa Monica to take part in The Rescue, an event put on by Invisible Children, to help raise awareness of the longest war in Africa and its effects on many children. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn’t have known anything about Invisible Children, but Veronica Mars and the …

It’s no secret to anyone that knows me or has listened to our Nice Girls Radio broadcast, recently, that I hate to fly. For one thing, I do not possess the kind of body that can fit comfortably in those teeny, tiny, airplane seats. I’m a tall woman stuffed into a short woman’s body. Airplanes are so uncomfortable for me. …

Wow, what a week! I do so enjoy visiting Los Angeles and getting up close and personal with our favorite shows, but it’s nice to be home again. We’ll be reporting more from the PaleyFest panels later in the week (in case you missed the live reports on Twitter), so in the meantime here are some random thoughts on L.A., …

This will be a look at random thoughts through my first three panels for this year. Since I’m eating, breathing and living in Hollywood for the next two weeks, it will have to do (also, I’m pretty sure PaleyFest is going to be responsible for my DVR filling up for no good reason.) I’d love it for all episodes aired …